Drat It Classic: Just let me get through the next 18 minutes ...

1:18 PM,
Sep. 27, 2013

Written by

Gere Goble
Features editor

This column originally appeared on Nov. 5, 2004. It seemed appropriate to rerun it this fall, since the Gobles will have a 13-year-old in the house this November. The regular Drat It column will return next week, in print and online. See photos and get daily updates by "liking" the Drat It Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ DratItAll.

I have a 4-year-old daughter. How odd that sounds. I was just getting used to having a 3-year-old daughter and now she's gone and added another year. Kids do that a lot, I hear.

Four years ago, I took my dog for a walk on Halloween night and watched the neighborhood kids ...